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. 2002 Winter;35(4):423–426. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2002.35-423

Evaluating the function of applied behavior analysis a bibliometric analysis.

Thomas S Critchfield 1
PMCID: PMC1284407  PMID: 12555916

Abstract

Analysis of scholarly citations involving behavioral journals reveals that, consistent with its mission, applied behavior analysis research frequently references the basic behavioral literature but, as some have suspected, exerts narrow scholarly influence.

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